MRH Bronze Plaques Recovered, But Cut Up

The two at the field have been recovered, but are cut up into 35-40 pieces.

The plaques were pried off the plaques early in the morning of Aug. 2.

On Aug. 8, Maplewood detectives arrested a 63-year-old St. Louis man in connection with the suspected theft. This case will be forwarded to the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. The man's name has not been released.

Maplewood Police officer Matt Nighbor said detectives called area scrap yards, who looked through their inventories. The plaques were found by a scrap yard in St. Louis city.

Update: MRH Director of Communications Brian Adkisson said he doesn't know when the plaques were cut up. He gave his thanks to the for finding a suspect. He said MRH will be looking into options to replace the plaques.